Jarvis Cocker - Birthday Megamix - 6 Music

Hour long 'megamix' from Sheffield's finest, broadcast last Sunday (19th September) on 6 Music.

I can't remember what Sunday afternoons were like before Jarvis' show started on 6 Music, but they weren't nearly as good, that's for sure. It was his birthday on Sunday there, so he treated us to an hour long mix in his honour (and why the fuck not). We were listening to it in the flat as ever, and were blown away - a great mix of tunes and dialogue as you can see below.

I've been out of action for the last week or so due to a mysterious pain which the doctor initially thought was a punctured lung (it wasn't) and haven't had the inclination to post anything. It's still sore, which is a bugger, but thought I'd get this up anyway. Normal service will be resumed at some point. It had better be OK for the Optimo Turbo Rave on Friday night, mind you I should have some way of suppressing the pain if it's not...



Jarvis Cocker - Birthday Megamix - 6 Music
1 - The BBC Radiophonic Workshop — Happy Birthday
2 - Burt Bacharach — Something Big
3 - Sir John Betjeman — Indoor Games Near Newbury
4 - Leroy Anderson — The Typewriter
5 - Ost — Diary of a Taxi Driver
6 - Gonzales — Armellodie
7 - The Tremeloes — Here Comes My Baby
8 - Lou Reed — Coney Island Baby (live)
9 - Van Morrison — Coney Island
10 - Ennio Morricone — La Resa Del Conti
11 - Ost — Dialogue & Music from the TV series 'Kung Fu'
12 - Étienne de Crécy — Prix Choc
13 - Boris Midney — D-D-D-Dance
14 - Dylan Thomas — Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
15 - My Disco — Paradise A
16 - Artery — Cars In Motion
17 - Eddy Current Suppression Ring — Hey Mum
18 - Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well

Check out Jarvis' show's homepage here

Jarvis Cocker - National Trust: The Album (Time To Think)

Hot off the press, here's an album comprising solely of British natural sounds including birdsong, crashing waves and wind breezing through a country garden.

I read about this the other day and checked out the free download off the National Trust website. If you sent them an email you could win an actual CD copy though, with a proper sleeve and all that. I duly sent off an email and got lucky! None of yer 192 pish here, you can experience your trip in luxurious 320kbps thanks to the kind folks at the National Trust.

The sounds? Just the ticket to help my ears recover from the sonic motorik attack that was Holy Fuck at King Tuts last night. Their new album's fuckin ace by the way, you should go check it oot. I picked it up on delicious gatefold vinyl with a stencil sleeve at the gig, or rather m'lady did as the Ripped In Glasgow purse is a bit cobwebby until next payday. That'll be the Neu! box and London antics then...

Here's what Jarvis says:

“I hope this album is a “Holiday for the Ears”. It’s not really meant to be listened to intently, like a piece of music, but more as something to have on in the background to aid relaxation or contemplation. Plus, you get to visit 13 National Trust properties in the space of 30 minutes. No mean feat. I hope it has the feel of one continuous journey and conjures up an image in the mind’s eye of the places featured. I also hope it could inspire the listeners to then visit the sites for themselves.”

It's the Chill Out for the new millenium - all that's missing is the Elvis sample...



Jarvis Cocker - National Trust: The Album (Time To Think)
1 - Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire (garden stroll with the crunch of gravel underfoot)
2 - Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire (birdsong)
3 - Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset (waves lapping against the shore)
4 - Ham House, Richmond, Surrey (footsteps along the Long Gallery)
5 - Chartwell, Westerham, Kent (creaking stairs of the grand staircase)
6 - Upton House, Banbury, Warwickshire (game of billiards at play)
7 - Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall (music box playing in the Nursery)
8 - Quarry Bank Mill, Wilmslow, Cheshire (children playing at the Apprentice House)
9 - Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden, Ripon, York (birdsong in the water garden)
10 - Powis Castle & Garden, Welshpool, Powys (gardeners at work in the formal garden)
11 - Patterson’s Spade Mill, Ballyclare, County Antrim (mill at work)
12 - Blickling Hall, Norwich, Norfolk (sounds of clocks in the hall)
13 - Blickling Hall, Norwich, Norfolk (wind in the clock tower)

Visit the National Trust website here